Ninth of May: Reach the end

Hello, friends! My name is Olga. Soon I will be 50 years old, which I lived in Moscow. I want to invite you on one of my days - May 9, 2018.

Here are my other days in the community.
Under the cat 64 photos.
1. Early in the morning I wake up in the territorial waters of Sweden, trying to understand what time it is.
Surprisingly, in Lithuania, through which we have to return home from a trip to Europe, is Moscow time, and in Sweden, from which we started, Kaliningrad. Judging by the phone clock, it is now 5:30, but at any moment they can turn at 6:30, as soon as we cross the invisible sea border.

2.To make the transformation of times take me by surprise, I go to the shower. The instruction placed in the bathroom prescribes not to make hasty decisions.

3. Having considered my state of health in the mirror, I make a decision to wash.

4. While over the same decision the husband beats, I go for a walk on the deck.

5.We are sailing the most ordinary ferry along with travelers of middle and retirement age.On the deck - no one, and around - the beautiful Baltic Sea.

6. The wind frantically tries to pull the phone out of my hands, but in a battle with the elements, we win with an iPhone: I manage to take a photo card against the background of a life-saving craft.

7. Being in the open sea, you should obey the instructions of the crew members, and therefore, when a pleasant female voice invites passengers for breakfast, everyone obediently goes down to the restaurant.
On the Swedish ship - buffet, which is quite logical.

8. I prefer bacon and sausage omelet to all the breakfasts of the world (I also prefer the sausages to all world lunches and dinners).

9. After yesterday we drove through Sweden for more than two hundred kilometers by taxi (due to a hitch on the Swedish railway), I suggest my husband to introduce a saving mode. In the hope that the regime will not spread to women and children, I ask my husband to eat until the evening and fix the time.

10. On this map the end point of our route - Klaipeda is clearly visible. In Klaipeda, we will need to take a bus to Zelenogradsk and drive along a narrow land strip - the Curonian Spit, at the base of which we live.

11. On the geographical map both names of our city are indicated: modern and historical.

12. Upon seeing the coast, I feel a little excitement, which I redirect to baggage collection.

13. Passengers traveling without cars are asked to gather in the lobby and wait for an additional announcement.

14. In an hour we are already walking around Klaipeda, which has a partially similar history with our Zelenogradsk. Like ours, here we can distinguish three types of architectural landscape: German, Soviet and post-Soviet. Residential areas that have emerged in recent years look functional and comfortable.

15. German heritage is characterized by the same degree of vintage as in our small town. In some places it seems that we are walking through the streets of our Krantz.

16. By half past ten it becomes hot. We are entering the center of Klaipeda - the Old Town.

17. Old Town - a place that should be in every self-respecting village. It is there that you can place a thousand-year oak tree, in the shadow of which the queen hid from the enemy army, or a fountain that watered the entire medieval city, or chimney sweep, with enthusiastic swinging legs.

19.On its narrow streets you can walk endlessly, but at the infinity there is a limit - we sit down to relax by the river.

20. Last time, when I was in Klaipeda without a husband, I could not find a “black ghost” - a sculpture established in memory of the events of the 16th century. Husband and navigator quickly lead to the goal.

21. After wandering a little more, we again sit in the shade. On the waterfront are schoolchildren with a teacher - in the classroom. Several times in Denmark and in Germany, we observed an idyllic educational picture: a school lesson in the park. Children with notebooks and teaching aids are freely located in a picturesque glade, and the teacher communicates with them, explaining the material. In my opinion, this is exactly what the school should be - friendly and open.

22.I am happy, but I continue to watch the clock, since I am shooting OMD.

23. Periodically, we remember that we are travelers and rush to sightseeing.

24.Since we are soaked with sights by the end of the year, the manifestations of everyday life are my most interesting interest.

25. I offer my husband to get acquainted with the assortment of the local store. The husband, like a real gentleman, languidly resists - just as much as is necessary so that his pliability does not look spineless.

26. The product range turns out to be completely “ours”, so we limit ourselves to buying mint water (mint, because I love everything mint - from color to taste). The water turns out to be very tasty!

27. At the local bazaar, non-trade is taking place: citizens are slowly sailing along the shelves, vendors eagerly enter into unhurried conversations.

28. I fix the time - the current and the past forever. In fact, it is now a quarter past one, just the clock shows Kaliningrad time.

29. Tired of the Baltic sun, we sit in the shade on the theater square.

30. While we sit and idle, citizens begin to marry.

31. Any traveler knows what a joy to put hot hands in a cool fountain. The second joy is not to drop the phone in the water.

32. Having unfolded the map, we decide to forward to the opposite shore of the bay in advance so that we can walk to the very end of the Curonian Spit, waiting for the bus. I already wrote that our house is at the very beginning of the spit; to see her end is my old dream.

33. Relaxed we go in the direction of the old crossing, and our condition completely coincides with the state of this cat.

34. Wishing to cheer up a little, drink espresso in a coffee shop, which has become our tradition to enter.

35. Through the old ferry the ferry departs once an hour. We buy tickets for the three-hour ferry five minutes before departure. Good luck!

36. Here - only pedestrians and cyclists. Motorists are forwarded to the opposite bank at the new crossing, where ferries run every ten minutes.

37. A long walk begins to affect me - I stretch my legs.

38. After three minutes, the jubilant crowd pours onto the shore.

39.From here, to the extreme point of the spit, it is a little over three kilometers, and we decide to go through them, trying to keep in the shadows.

40. On the way we go to the open-air museum - to the exposition of the life of Prussian fishermen. Looking at these interiors, we can be sure that technical progress has greatly simplified our life.

41. Next to the museum is an exhibition of ships and sea iron monsters, which we inspect briefly.

42. So she is the goal of our three-kilometer walk! By the way, if you thought about the toilet, I will note: there are free clean cabins throughout the Curonian Spit, and this culture is available on that part of the spit, which belongs to Lithuania, and on that partthat relates to the Kaliningrad region.

43. Here ends the spit, the total length of which is 98 kilometers. The average width of land is 1.5-2 km. The whole spit is a national park, which is divided in half between Lithuania and the Kaliningrad region. At the beginning of the spit we will arrive tonight, and at the end we are standing now.

44. My husband takes on my burden, and then one of us walks lightly.

45. From the extreme point of the kilometer pier, the Baltic seashore looks far, but beautiful!

46.Our sand is the smallest, the warmest and the most beautiful.

47. We have to go to the bus stop, from which the bus goes to Zelenogradsk. On the way we decide to have a snack. The husband does not understand “how can you eat kiwi with sandpaper,” and I understand, so the husband gets a banana in which he understands everything.

48. Led by the Lithuanian coast, I make a photograph on its background.

49. After a quarter of an hour, a small bus pulls up to the bus stop. The name of the carrier company clearly indicates the route: the end point is Kaliningrad, which until 1946 was Königsberg. Passengers - only ten people.

50.The road through the braid is very picturesque. I admire this beauty and am tormented by the joy of meeting my motherland soon.

51. In the Lithuanian village of Nida, we make a short stop - pick up another four passengers.

52.In the middle of the trip, travelers are asked to confirm the purity of their thoughts: show passports and briefly tell about the contents of the backpacks. The passage of borders takes about an hour.

53. I certify the faithfulness of the Russian Federation with a stamp in the passport. You can go on!

54. Soon we arrive from Klaipeda in Zelenogradsk. The total travel time (along with the border) is 2 hours and 15 minutes. I think that the flight would take more time, and we have no airport in Zelenogradsk yet.

55. On the way we go to the nearest supermarket, where we enjoy prices that are three times lower than Danish prices.

56. On Kurortny Avenue we fix the time and place.

57. A nice house meets us in the form in which we left it early in the morning of May 1, jumping from bed into a taxi.

58. Before going on a city holiday, we take a shower and drink tea with sandwiches.

59.A holiday, meanwhile, is already in full swing!

60. On the urban scene are the best artists - those who sing well live!

61. Looking at what is happening, it is difficult to understand who entertains whom more: actors - the public or the public - artists?

62.The concert ends with a festive firework!

63. For a few minutes the Baltic silence comes: all sounds subside, except for the quiet rustle of the Baltic.